# Issues building SlicerIGSIO

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-building-slicerigsio/41896>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 27, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-building-slicerigsio/41896 "2025-02-27T10:31:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Arber\_Demi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/arber_demi/32/79554_2.png) [@Arber\_Demi](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Arber_Demi)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-building-slicerigsio/41896/1 "2025-02-27T10:31:18Z")

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Hello everyone.  
Im trying to build Slicer from source, managed to build Slicer itself with no issues, however when building SlicerIGSIO (I need it for SlicerIGT), I am running into some issues.

```auto
cannot open input file 'vtkAddon.lib' [D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\inner-build\Codecs\vtkIGSIOCodecs.vcxproj] [D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\inner-build.vcxproj]
Custom build for 'D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\CMakeFiles\99c8373aa38db437a2df59e96caa977f\inner-build-mkdir.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\CMakeFiles\99c8373aa38db437a2df59e96caa977f\inner-build-download.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\CMakeFiles\99c8373aa38db437a2df59e96caa977f\inner-build-update.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\CMakeFiles\99c8373aa38db437a2df59e96caa977f\inner-build-patch.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\CMakeFiles\99c8373aa38db437a2df59e96caa977f\inner-build-configure.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\CMakeFiles\99c8373aa38db437a2df59e96caa977f\inner-build-build.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\CMakeFiles\99c8373aa38db437a2df59e96caa977f\inner-build-install.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\CMakeFiles\8fcbc8da5ed9e9165b70d94a0d19e077\inner-build-complete.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\CMakeFiles\819051b13dc5853f09756c9b4c97aa8f\inner-build.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO\CMakeLists.txt' exited with code 1. [D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\IGSIO-build\inner-build.vcxproj]
Custom build for 'D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\594d8b22cb048ab4a0a496ff0b8ed32d\IGSIO-mkdir.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\594d8b22cb048ab4a0a496ff0b8ed32d\IGSIO-download.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\594d8b22cb048ab4a0a496ff0b8ed32d\IGSIO-update.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\594d8b22cb048ab4a0a496ff0b8ed32d\IGSIO-patch.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\594d8b22cb048ab4a0a496ff0b8ed32d\IGSIO-configure.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\594d8b22cb048ab4a0a496ff0b8ed32d\IGSIO-build.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\594d8b22cb048ab4a0a496ff0b8ed32d\IGSIO-install.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\e6bc41f96f66305c242df4d4796588c3\IGSIO-complete.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\028f43e02a0816fd1684920450899b5f\IGSIO.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOExtension\CMakeLists.txt' exited with code 1.
cannot open input file 'MRMLCore.lib' [D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\inner-build\SlicerIGSIOCommon\vtkSlicerIGSIOCommon.vcxproj]
cannot open input file 'ITKFactoryRegistration.lib' [D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\inner-build\MetafileImporter\Logic\vtkSlicerMetafileImporterModuleLogic.vcxproj]
Custom build for 'D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\931fc747f475fae8e59c3ee35244946e\inner-mkdir.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\931fc747f475fae8e59c3ee35244946e\inner-download.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\931fc747f475fae8e59c3ee35244946e\inner-update.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\931fc747f475fae8e59c3ee35244946e\inner-patch.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\931fc747f475fae8e59c3ee35244946e\inner-configure.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\931fc747f475fae8e59c3ee35244946e\inner-build.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\931fc747f475fae8e59c3ee35244946e\inner-forceconfigure.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\931fc747f475fae8e59c3ee35244946e\inner-install.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\e6bc41f96f66305c242df4d4796588c3\inner-complete.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOBuild\CMakeFiles\028f43e02a0816fd1684920450899b5f\inner.rule;D:\SlicerIGSIOExtension\CMakeLists.txt' exited with code 1.

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I couldn’t really find anyone else reporting this issue online, so I’m not sure what is going on here :[. As far as I understand from the CMake files, as long as I am providing the Slicer-build directory correctly, all of these dependencies should be covered. To configure and build, I am following the Developer guide, so using CMake GUI.

Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-building-slicerigsio/41896/2 "2025-02-27T13:05:45Z")

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It’s hard to say, but since you are on windows you could try a shorter build path like `d:\b`.

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**Author:** ![Arber\_Demi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/arber_demi/32/79554_2.png) [@Arber\_Demi](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Arber_Demi)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-building-slicerigsio/41896/3 "2025-02-27T13:08:50Z")

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I tried doing that after seeing it mentioned on the developer help page somewhere, with a 5 letter folder “SIGSS”. I also tried naming it just “L”, but I got the same errors. I tried building SlicerOpenIGTLink aswell (which I have separate build issues with), but that had no issues finding the vtkAddon folder.

Are there any extra CMAKE options I need to set or enable that might be missing from the usual config? It should not have issues finding it if VTK\_DIR and the SLICER\_DIR are set correct?

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**Author:** ![cpinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/cpinter/32/7995_2.png) [@cpinter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cpinter)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-building-slicerigsio/41896/4 "2025-02-27T14:23:14Z")

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I don’t think it’s a path issue. For extensions it is not that problematic. I build IGSIO successfully from source at `c:\d\_Extensions\SlicerIGSIO` and build directory at `c:\d\_Extensions\SlicerIGSIO_R`.

If you specified `VTK_DIR` maybe that is the problem. I build SlicerIGSIO with these scripts:

BuildExtension.bat:

```auto
set argC=0
for %%x in (%*) do Set /A argC+=1
if %argC% lss 2 echo First argument needs to be the extension source directory path, second is configuration (e.g. 'R' or 'Release'), third optional is for additional CMake options

if %argC% geq 3 echo Additional CMake options: %3

set SRC_DIR=%1
if not exist %SRC_DIR%\ (
  @echo The source directory %SRC_DIR% does not exist
  exit /b 1
)

REM // Parse configuration
set CONFIG=Release
if %argC% geq 2 set CONFIG=%2
if %CONFIG% == D set CONFIG=Debug
if %CONFIG% == R set CONFIG=Release
if %CONFIG% == Debug (
  set BIN_DIR_POSTFIX=_D
  set SLICER_SUPERBUILD_DIR_NAME=S5D
)
if %CONFIG% == Release (
  set BIN_DIR_POSTFIX=_R
  set SLICER_SUPERBUILD_DIR_NAME=S5R
)

set BIN_DIR=%SRC_DIR%%BIN_DIR_POSTFIX%
mkdir %BIN_DIR%
cd /d %BIN_DIR%

cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -DSlicer_DIR:PATH=c:/d/%SLICER_SUPERBUILD_DIR_NAME%/Slicer-build %3 %SRC_DIR%

"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Msbuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe" %BIN_DIR%\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /p:Configuration=%CONFIG%

```

and then

`BuildExtension.bat c:\d\_Extensions\SlicerIGSIO R`

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**Author:** ![Arber\_Demi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/arber_demi/32/79554_2.png) [@Arber\_Demi](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Arber_Demi)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-building-slicerigsio/41896/5 "2025-02-27T14:26:14Z")

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VTK\_DIR is just set by the CMAKE GUI, I have also tried should cmd but no difference between the two. I will try out the batch script and get back to you, thank you :]

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**Author:** ![Arber\_Demi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/arber_demi/32/79554_2.png) [@Arber\_Demi](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Arber_Demi)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-building-slicerigsio/41896/6 "2025-02-27T14:59:22Z")

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Thanks a lot for the script. Looking at the differences between my actions and this script, I can only notice that this specifically builds ALL\_BUILD, which I wasn’t doing either through command line or Visual Studio (I was just running the one .sln file that didn’t include all of the builds)  
I guess that solves the dependency issues!

Really appreciate the help, have a great day.